clocher
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But down south, in French rugby's heartlands l'esprit de clocher - literally 'the spirit of the belltower' - is a thing.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
Finally, if for no other reason, at least for interest in Arlette, the tanner's daughter, one must go to Falaise, and look at the superb clocher of Saint-Gervais, which was finished and consecrated by 1135.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
The cathedral of Coutances alone has preserved its central clocher of the thirteenth century, and even there it is not complete; its stone fleche is wanting.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
Taken together with the fleches of the facade, this clocher of Coutances forms a group such as one very seldom sees.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
The clocher or belfry of St. Front is accredited as being one of the most remarkable eleventh-century erections of its kind in any land.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
